''Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche'' ("The Tiger loves fresh meat"), English title ''Code Name: Tiger'', is a 1964 French

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film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring

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as the spy Louis Rapière, code named "The Tiger". The screenplay was written by Chabrol and Hanin. It was an attempt to create a French franchise equal to

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, and its female lead, Daniela Bianchi, had the previous year appeared in the James Bond film '' From Russia with Love''. The film had a sequel in 1965, ''Le tigre se parfume à la dynamite'' ('' Our Agent Tiger'').Blake, Deal, p.251f

Plot

The French government plans an international arms deal with the help of a Turkish diplomate named Baskine. But a group of terrorists menaces the diplomat. When the government receives intelligence concerning a looming attempt on Baskine's life, they assign Louis Rapière "The Tiger" to guard Baskine and his family. Rapière immediately proves this decision right by scarcely foiling an assassination. Unfortunately more than one group is after Baskine. They are closing in on Baskine independently from each other.

Cast

as Louis Rapière a.k.a. 'le Tigre' *

Maria Mauban Maria Mauban (10 May 1924 – 26 August 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in around fifty films and television series during her career. in 1950 she starred in the British Egyptian-set crime film ''Cairo Road''. The same year she appeared ...

as Madame Baskine * Daniela Bianchi as Mehlica Baskine * Roger Dumas as Duvet *

Antonio Passalia Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

as Coubassi * Jimmy Karoubi as Jean-Luc * Roger Rudel as Benita * Carlo Nell as the assassin in the theatre

Crew

Josée Dayan Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television directo ...

was the assistant director on the movie.

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* 1964 films 1960s spy thriller films Films directed by Claude Chabrol French spy thriller films Parody films based on James Bond films 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub